‘Pension granted to the Family of a Native Carpenter who was killed on board the Sylph Cruizer in an encounter with the Pirates, on his passage to join Sir H. Jones’s Mission at Bushire’
‘Pension granted to the Family of a Native Carpenter who was killed on board the Sylph Cruizer in an encounter with the Pirates, on his passage to join Sir H. Jones’s Mission at Bushire’
‘Pension granted to the Family of a Native Carpenter who was killed on board the Sylph Cruizer in an encounter with the Pirates, on his passage to join Sir H. Jones’s Mission at Bushire’
Date:
1806/1809
Description:
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item is concerned with the Government of Bombay's decision to pay a pension of 10 rupees per month to the two widows and child of Seuram Suntagee, a carpenter killed by 'pirates' whilst on board the East India Company ship
Sylphin the service of Sir Harford Jones during his mission to Bushire [Būshehr]. Correspondence regarding a similar case in 1806 is included in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 28, Season 1809/10, Draft 186' and 'Examiner's Office November 1809'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 110, and terminates at f 115, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.